Overlapping Holy Sites

One of the most hotly contested religious sites in the world is in Jerusalem. It's called the Temple Mount, Har-ha Bayeet in Hebrew or the Sacred Noble Sanctuary alHaram alQudsi ash'sharif, in Arabic.

(Temple Mount/Noble Sanctuary Aerial View)

Jews believe the Temple Mount is where God made the world. That He first made a Foundation Stone, and from that created the rest of the world. They also believe it's where God got the dust He used to create the first man, Adam and where He chose to settle His shekhina, divine presence, on Earth.

Jewish temples have been built at the site twice, the first was destroyed in 586 BC, the second was built on the foundation of the first but was also destroyed in 70 AD. Only the Wailing Wall remains of the original temples, but Jews believe shekhina is still within the Wall, making it the holiest of all Jewish religious sites.

(Jews Praying at the Wailing Wall)

Islam believes the same site is where their prophet Muhammad stood upon a stone platform and ascended into heaven. Two of the oldest and most sacred Islamic buildings now stand in the area, alAqsa Mosque and Dome of the Rock. Dome of the Rock was built over the stone platform where Muhammad supposedly last stood.



(Al Aqsa Mosque)













Though there is some debate, it is generally believed that Islam's sacred Dome of the Rock (photo on right) was built over Judaism's sacred Foundation Stone. Furthermore, some believe a sacred Christian artifact, the Arc of the Covenant (a chest which held the 10 Comandments) is also either hidden beneath Dome of the Rock or elsewhere on the Temple Mount as well.



As you can imagine any work, to be done on, in, or around the site requires a lot of inter-religious discussion and negotiation. For years Arabs have been asking Israel for permission to repair 600 of over 4000 Islamic verses found on the Muslim buildings around the Temple Mount which have crumbled and/or degraded due to age and weather.

Now that Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is leaving office and no longer needs to please the right wing Zionist-Israeli extremists, and has started speaking out about the injustices Israel has subjected Arabs to. He has now quietly granted permission for the Muslim guardians of the the Temple Mount to repair and preserve the damaged areas. Other recent pro-Arab statements have included the need to return Golan Heights to Syria, for Israel to completely withdraw from ALL Palestinian lands and cease Settlement actvity, in an interview last month Olmert even callled Israel's current statements & policies against Iran "megalomania" by a government that continues to overestimate its own self importance.

How Nazis Helped Create Israel!

What is truly evil? In the Western World, the Holocaust pops into mind. Hitler, gas chambers, and the 'architect of the Holocaust', Adolph Eichmann. However, the 'Holocaust' played a much larger role in creating Israel than Zionists want the world to know. Not because of the Jews who fled to Palestine but because the founders of Israel collaborated with the Nazis. (Yes, REALLY!)

Germany sent guns to the Hagana secreted in concrete barrels. The SS Army invited Zionist leaders to Berlin to help Jewish youth prepare for their transfer to Palestine. Worse, Zionist Pabel Polkas, representative for Hagana & immigration met with Eichmann & other SS Leaders (including Hagin) who he brought back to Haifa. Yes, both Eichmann & Hagin were guests in Palestine! Until the Mandate police learned who they were and they headed to Egypt. Eichmann was also a participant at the 20th Zionist World Conference. Why? Well their interests overlapped. Germany wanted the Jews out of Europe. Zionists wanted to create Israel in Palestine, win-win.

(Unless you're a Palestinian!)

How Israel Was Created (Palestine 1900-1947)

Many people find it difficult to understand Americans. We often speak about concepts like freedom, justice, equality, democracy, truth, religious choice and free speech because we are proud of these values and believe they symbolize America. However, US actions abroad don't mirror our values. For instance if Americans learned the real history of Israel, no American (including Jewish Americans) would approve any support for the Israeli state. But speaking against Israel can end a career, invite a lawsuit, or even get you killed.

Palestine 1900-1947

In the early 1900's Europe & Russia became increasingly hostile toward its Jewish population.

1914- Jewish population of Palestine was less than 8%, Jewish land ownership less than 2%


1917- Britain promoted the concept of Zionism* and facilitated the movement of Jews to Palestine (to get them out of their country). The British Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour drafted an official letter now known as the Balfour Declaration.

"His Majesty's Government view [sic] with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, and will use their best endeavours to facilitate the achievement of this object, it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine, or the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country."~Lord Balfour 1917

At that time, many Arabs felt sorry for the Jews and sold them land. Palestinians had lived as neighbors to Christians & Sephardic** Jews for thousands of years with very few problems. So they had no reason to worry about the new immigrants. They also thought welcoming the Ashkenazi+ population might help improve their own local economy. They soon found the Zionist Ashkenazi++ had no plans of working with Arabs or aiding the Palestinian economy at all. With the assistance of Britain the Jews set up their own economy. They only used Jewish labor, only purchased merchandise from Jewish stores, they refused to hire any Palestinian workers and even set up a Jew-only banking system all in preparation of creating a Jewish state.

1919- This obviously went against the first declaration, so Balfour issued a new one:

"...in Palestine, we do not propose even to go through the form of consulting the wishes of the present inhabitants of the country…Zionism, be it right or wrong, good or bad, is rooted in age-old tradition, in present needs, in future hopes, of far profounder impact than the desires and prejudices of the 700,000 Arabs who now inhabit this ancient land."~Lord Balfour 1919

1937- Zionists made up only 27% of the Palestinian population, yet when Britain offered the Peel partition plan (below) it was rejected by the Zionist Jews as being too small an area. The Peel partion plan also included forced relocation of the Arabs within the borders of the proposed Jewish state. This map shows the rejected Peel Partition.




Yellow=Zionist State/ Green=Palestinian State/Red=No Man's Land


1946-1947- Zionists had run more than 300,000 Palestinians off their own land using force and terrorism to take what they wanted. Because of the war the Jewish population increased due to immigration, but at 33% was still signifigantly less than the Palestinian population. They also owned less than 7% of the land. The Zionist Jews also refused to accept a proposed unity government because as the minority they would not have majority control. They set aside a one million dollar budget for lobbying US officials, and it worked.

1947- The USA then used cohersion to get many countries to vote for a generous UN partition plan for the Zionists including threats to:

• Greece & France: would cut off foreign aid
• Liberia: impose a rubber embargo & Firestone tire threatened not to expand there
• Latin America: the US bribed by hinting they'd fund a Pan-American highway
• Philippines: 2 Supreme Court Justices and 10 US Senators warned the president that millions of Americans would be 'displeased'

So there was no big surprise when the 1947 partition plan passed in the UN creating Israel and giving the Zionists who owned less than 7% of the land and made up less than 33% of the population 56% of the land of Palestine. This is what the 1947 plan awarded:





Now consider if this were America and we helped out Haiti, by letting the Hatians come to California because they were being killed for their Nationality. Then they went to the UN paid them off and the UN agreed to give them 56% of the USA. Would you agree to it?



Now you know how Israel was created, and hopefully understand a little of why they are so upset!




* Zionism: generally refers to an ideology calling for a "homeland for the Jews" some say it can be anywhere others say it must be in Palestine. There are different forms of Zionism: cultural, spiritual and political.
** Sephardic generally refers to the Jews who remained in the Middle East (they're technically Arab Jews and tend to be persecuted by the Ashkenazi)
+ Ashkenazi generally refers to the European Jews. It is Ashkenazi Zionist Jews who created & run Israel.
++ Many Zionist Ashkenazi tend to look down on other races, regardless of their religion

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Olmert Supports Withdrawl from Palestine

Now freed from the pressure of pleasing the extreme Israeli right, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert* is finally speaking out! He's granted many interviews in the past few weeks and is finally speaking out against the horrible violence often committed by illegal Jewish settlers living on stolen Arab lands.

Two weeks ago, a prominent left-wing Israeli author & professor was injured by a bomb Israeli terrorists placed outside his home, Olmert warned the public about the "evil wind of Jewish extremism" that is now infecting Israel**.

Last Monday, September 29, 2008 an Interview with Olmert was published in an Israeli newspaper. I've abbreviated some of this last interview here and at the bottom I included responses from both Israelis & Palestinians:

Olmert on Peace With Palestine

Israel must withdraw from nearly all of the Palestinian West Bank and East Jerusalem. Any land Israel keeps must be exchanged for an equal quantity of Israeli territory. Traditional Israeli defense strategists have learned nothing from past experience.

“With them, it is all about tanks and land...controlling territories and controlled territories...this hilltop and that hilltop. All these things are worthless. Who seriously thinks that if we sit on another hilltop, on another hundred meters, that this is what will make the difference for the State of Israel’s basic security?”

Olmert On Jerusalem

“I am the first who wanted to enforce Israeli sovereignty on the entire city. I admit it and I'm not trying to justify retroactively what I did for 35 years. For a large portion of those years, I was unwilling to see reality.”

Israel’s public stance has always been that Jerusalem is not up for discussion. This is in direct violation of the UN resolution that created Israel, which said Jerusalem would belong to everyone.

In this interview, Olmert made it clear that the eastern, predominantly Arab, sector had to be returned to Palestine “with special solutions” for the holy sites.

Olmert on Iran

Olmert said Israel should act within the international system, “Part of our megalomania and our loss of proportions is the things that are said here [in Israel] about Iran. We are a country that has lost a sense of proportion about itself.”

Olmert on Golan Heights

Israel needs to be prepared to give up the Golan Heights in exchange for the Syrian government ending its support for Hizbollah.

Reaction from the Israeli Right

Avigdor Lieberman, head of the Yisrael Beiteinu party, said Olmert was “endangering the existence of the State of Israel irresponsibly.” He added that those who thought Israel’s problem was a lack of defined borders — as Olmert stated in the interview — “are ignoramuses who don’t understand anything and they invite war.”

Reaction from the Israeli Left

Highly esteemed Israeli political analystAluf Benn wrote in the Israeli paper Haaretz,"What an epiphany: In order to make peace with the Arabs, we must give them land. How come we never thought of that? ....where was Olmert when the Israeli left and the entire International community, was repeatedly exhausting this claim?"

Reaction from the Palestinian Negotiators

One negotiator, Yassir Abd Rabbo, told Palestinian Radio, "While it was nice to hear Olmert’s words, they do not match what he has offered. It would have been better if Olmert had actually taken this position while in office rather than as he leaves it. Olmert has never presented a detailed plan for a border between Israel and a Palestinian state.

My Own Reaction

Similar to the above two statements I say "whoopie-doopie", a bunch of meaningless drivel. Last week Israel seized over 550,000 square feet (162,000 meters) of Palestinian lands in the West Bank to expand illegal settlement activities. They block Palestinian movement with over 600 permanent checkpoints.

They fired randomly into a crowd waiting at a checkpoint after a young girl poured a 'liquid' on an Israeli Occupation Force (IOF) soldier. The IOF shoved a lady hard enough to kill her when searching her home for 'terrorists' that weren't there. They wounded an International Journalist with shrapnel after firing into an unarmed crowd and an IOF sniper murdered an eight year old child. (They also just recently shot a two week old infant, point blank in the head!)

The Egyptian brokered cease-fire between extremist groups and the IOF in Gaza continues, yet Israel still refuses to allow any entry or exit of people or supplies through the Gaza Strip. The Israeli Navy continues to fire on Palestinian fishing vessels in Gaza waters. Fuel shortages are forcing 50-60 Million tons of raw sewage to be dumped into the Mediterranean sea every DAY! Terminally ill civilians remain unable to receive medical treatment. Hospitals & ambulances don't have the fuel needed to run or the supplies needed to help the injured and sick.

I ask, HOW the starvation, torture & murder of 1.5 Million people...including babies, mothers, and grandmothers...is any better than the Holocaust? If you're an American, like myself, you should be furious....it's OUR tax money and OUR support paying for this outrage!


* Olmert has been forced out of office due to scandal but he remains Israeli Prime Minister, until his replacement is sworn in ~N.
** "Jewish extremism" really began roughly 80 years ago. ~N.

Why Was I Censored?

The question remains as to why I was censored by Fanbox. Well, it all started when I was contacted on Fanbox by a man I also spoke with on Yahoo and who later called me. I quickly determined he was running a fund raising scam for an organization considered to be terrorist by the USA.

After stewing over it I decided I couldn't risk my friends lives for some creep. I turned his info over to the FBI. The FBI reviewed it & passed it along to Homeland Security. Who determined it was actually important & it bounced around the State Dept for a while. Then one day I was interviewed by the US Dept of Justice. I explained the story & turned over everything I had.

Which probably would have been the end of it, if I was an average US citizen; or even just a regular Middle East Scholar, they probably wouldn't have dug any deeper. However, a Middle East Scholar who has recently spent time in Palestine, Jordan, Israel, Egypt, Bahrain, KSA etc got me a little harsher look.

Mix in that my grandparents worked at NSA (National Security Agency), my dad (now retired) is a nuclear physicist who did work for the Pentagon, my cousin worked on the Manhattan Project (remember Los Alamos?) and I openly voice support for Hamas...which is legal, unlike sending them a big fat check which would have me wearing an orange jumpsuit & sitting in Guantanimo!

I wound up being watched. Though judging by the clicks on my phone I must have been pretty low priority. (I assume they have much better wiretapping equipment than that by now!) However, that was the 1st time my fanbox blog locked up & when I started being restricted from using words anyone else could! The words I could use got slimmer & slimmer until now. Where I can post nothing on fanbox from my home computer. I guess it's restricted by IP? I honestly don't know.

How did I know he was a member of a terrorist org? Well, I don't think I should post that & teach people how to improve on scams! It's nothing 90% of the world would have been able to catch anyhow. Just don't send money to people you've NEVER met in person, period!

New Blog

Hello! Welcome to my new blog, I assume many of you have followed me over from Fanbox. Unfortunately they locked my blog so I could no longer post, plus if I used any words like killed, died, Nazi, genocide, Zionism, Israel etc I was unable to post due to "hate language". Finally they refused to let me blog at all. So, I had to give up. Others could use the same words, just not me.

I value everyone who followed me here, and I appreciate you all very much. Many times when I replied or wrote to people there I don't believe my words reached their intended recipients. Here you can ask me questions and I don't need to worry about length of reply or length of posts. So please feel free to ask and I will try to respond to all questions.

Some of my posts will offend you I'm sure (I tend to offend everyone at some point in time). Just shake it off, complain if you want and read on. I harbor no hate for ANYONE, no matter what race, religion, political belief or nationality you may be. When I mention a country I am referring to it's government, not to individuals.

Peace! Salam! Shalom! Irini! Pax!

~Nichelle